The First Avenger is again — and seems to be a dad.
Marvel Studios lastly (formally) launched its first teaser for “Avengers: Doomsday” on Tuesday, confirming the much-anticipated return of Chris Evans because the tremendous good tremendous soldier Steve Rogers.
The brief clip reveals Rogers using as much as a home on his motorbike, his outdated Captain America uniform, then smiling gently at an toddler cradled in his arms. The teaser ends with the phrases “Steve Rogers will return for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’” showing on the display earlier than exhibiting a countdown to the film’s launch.
“The character that changed our lives,” reads the caption shared with the teaser on “Doomsday” administrators Anthony and Joe Russo’s joint Instagram web page. “The story that brought us all here together. It was always going to come back to this…”
The Russo brothers, in fact, made their Marvel Cinematic Universe debut on the helm of the the 2014 movie “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” They adopted that up with “Captain America: Civil War” in 2016, earlier than bringing the Infinity Saga house with “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019).
Rogers was final seen in “Endgame” passing the Captain America defend and mantle to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) after he had chosen to journey again in time to dwell out a protracted and joyful life with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). Regardless of Evans bidding the character goodbye after wrapping filming on “Endgame,” Joe Russo had claimed Evans was “not done” with Steve Rogers.
It had been beforehand reported that Evans could be returning to the MCU for “Doomsday,” however his function remained unclear. Evans appeared in final 12 months’s “Deadpool & Wolverine,” reprising his function as Johnny Storm from the previous “Fantastic Four” movies.
“Avengers: Doomsday” will choose up someday after the occasions of this 12 months’s “Fantastic Four: First Steps” and “Thunderbolts*.” The huge crossover will see “Iron Man” actor Robert Downey Jr. tackle the brand new function of the mysterious Physician Doom. Different confirmed “Doomsday” forged members embrace MCU veterans Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki); “Thunderbolts*” stars Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov/Purple Guardian), Lewis Pullman (Bob Reynolds), Wyatt Russell (John Walker) and Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr/Ghost); and “Fantastic Four’s” Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm).
“Doomsday” may also function “X-Men” franchise actors Patrick Stewart (Professor Charles Xavier), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), James Marsden (Cyclops) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique).
“Avengers: Doomsday” will arrive in theaters Dec. 18, 2026.
